UNCG Sponsored Programs

Facilitating Research, Scholarship & Creative Activity

  1. Funding Search Databases at UNCG
  2. Goodbye End-Note, Hello Zotero
  3. Upcoming workshops
    a. Transitioning to the new NIH Biosketch format
    b. Grant Writing for Maximum Impact
  4. NCBC Grantsmanship Training Event: Demystifying the Department of Defense (DoD) Funding Process
  5. DoD draft plan for public access to articles and data
  6. NIH announcements
    a. Changes to RPPR Format
    b. Data Sharing Expectations for Clinical Research Funded by NIMH
  7. Sampling of external funding opportunities
    a. NIH Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) Advancing Biomedical Science Using Crowdsourcing and Interactive Digital Media (UH2)
    b. NSF CAREER Awards
    c. W.K. Kellogg Foundation Community Engagement
    d. Schalkenbach (Robert) Foundation.
    e. National Endowment for Financial Education.
    f. Henry Luce Foundation, Asia Responsive Grants
    g. American Jewish Historical Society, Sid and Ruth Lapidus Fellowship
    h. Brown (Arch and Bruce) Foundation, Playwriting Competition Grants and Production Grants
    i. Dept of Ed., OSE&RS, Rehabilitation Short-Term Training Program
    j. DHHS, Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Head Start Graduate Student Research Grants
    k. American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation
    l. Department of State, Preparing for International Careers through Humanities Studies
    m. Department of Transportation, Automated License Plate Readers for Traffic Safety Purposes
    n. HRSA Health Careers Opportunity Program
    o. NSF: Decision, Risk and Management Sciences
    p. AHRQ Small Research Grant Program (R03)

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1. Funding Search Databases at UNCG

The Office of Sponsored Programs has put together short videos to help get you started on a few of the free and subscription funding search tools available at UNCG.

SPIN: https://spin.infoedglobal.com/
Videos:
SPIN Login Tutorial
How to Navigate SPIN Basic Search

GrantSelect
Video: GrantSelect

Grants.gov
Video: Searching Grants.Gov for Funding Opportunities

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2. Goodbye End-Note, Hello Zotero
Zotero is a free and easy to use citation manager that works with a web browser and allows you to collect, manage and cite research sources. University Libraries is offering a workshop that will give you tips on setting up and managing a Zotero account, including adding citations and bibliographies to Word documents. The University subscription to EndNote Online ends in June of 2015, so we’ll also discuss transferring citations to Zotero. Sign up to learn more about a time saving way to store your research sources.

Monday Apr/13/2015, 12:00PM to 01:30PM Online Workshop! Registration deadline Apr 10, 5 pm Workshop offered online through Blackboard Collaborate. Link will be sent to registrants. Contact: Lea Leininger

Thursday May/07/2015. 04:00 PM to 05:30 PM Jackson Library’s CITI lab. Contact: Mary Krautter

Registed and View all scheduled workshop/event instances.

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3. Upcoming workshops

a. Transitioning to the new NIH Biosketch format

In preparation for new format requirements for NIH Biosketches that take effect in May, OSP has worked with several schools to set up workshops on this topic. Active applicants to NIH are encouraged to attend one of these short 30 minute workshops. For questions, contact Darneshia Blackmon or Aubrey Turner.

If you missed the previous sessions on March 3rd and 6th, we have one more offering:
Friday March 27th 12:00-12:30PM, Sullivan Science Bldg, 4th floor, Room 435D
Register at: https://docs.google.com/a/uncg.edu/forms/d/1A8g1Al2sPxx-XW6knO2AiKJDLuX78U2y3v8Hr0uUXj0/viewform

b. Grant Writing for Maximum Impact: Thursday, 3/26/2015 at 2:00PM to 4:00PM

Enhance your grant writing skills through practical tips and intentional strategies. Participants will learn to: Create a plan to complete the writing process on time, recognize the difference between “scholarly” writing and “grant” writing, align your writing with the priorities of a specific grant funder, develop your process for internal review, and identify the logistics needed to assemble a complete grant.

Details: http://workshops.uncg.edu/workshop-details.jsp?wks_id=44010524

Register at: http://workshops.uncg.edu/sign-up/?wks_sch_id=33020062

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4. NCBC Grantsmanship Training Event: Demystifying the Department of Defense (DoD) Funding Process

Wondering how to engage the DoD and find the best opportunities? Join us for this half-day training session on navigating the complexities of the DoD funding process.

The NC Biotech Center has invited a panel of academic and small business experts who have pursued and received funding from DoD. These panel members will share tips for working with the agency and managing relationships to find success. Emphasis will be on lessons learned.

This event is free, but registration is required.

Wednesday, April 15, 2015
9 a.m. – noon, Registration desk opens at 8:30 a.m.
North Carolina Biotechnology Center (Directions)
Research Triangle Park, NC

Agenda:
Keynote Speaker: Julie Lucas, Ph.D., Principal Scientist, MRI Global Research Institute
Lessons Learned – Finding a way to DoD funding
Eric Elbogen, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Christopher Rhea, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
Representatives of Novan Therapeutics and Entegrion
Networking
For further information, visit www.ncbiotech.org/content/grantsmanship-training-event or contact Mary Beth Thomas, 919-549-8844.

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5. DoD draft plan for public access to articles and data.

Department of Defense (DoD) has released a “draft plan” outlining steps it will take to establish policies to ensure public access to articles and data resulting from its funded research, as required by the February 2013 White House directive.

For more details see:
http://sparc.arl.org/blog/dod-releases-draft-public-access-plan

http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/pdf/DoD_PublicAccessPlan_Feb2015.pdf%20

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6. NIH announcements:

a. changes to RPPR Format: Do you have a funded NIH project? NIH notice NOT-OD-15-078 details several changes in the Inclusion Enrollment format required for Research Performance Progress Reports (RPPRs) submitted on/after March 5, 2015. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-15-078.html

b. Data Sharing Expectations for Clinical Research Funded by NIMH. The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has established an informatics infrastructure to enable the sharing and use of data collected from human subjects in clinical research by the entire research community. Researchers funded by NIMH are strongly encouraged to deposit data from human subjects into this infrastructure. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-MH-15-012.html

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7. Sampling of external funding opportunities

a. NIH Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) Advancing Biomedical Science Using Crowdsourcing and Interactive Digital Media (UH2)

The purpose of this Big Data to Knowledge funding opportunity (FOA) announcement is to support the development of new or significantly adapted interactive digital media that engages the public, experts or non-experts, in performing some aspect of biomedical research via crowdsourcing. To be responsive to this FOA, each application is expected to pose a challenging biomedical research problem and propose the development of engaging interactive digital media that incorporates crowdsourcing as a fundamental component of how the problem is solved. The biomedical research problem should be amenable to one or more human computation approaches, as the users must be active participants in the analysis and/or interpretation of data, rather than acting primarily as data collectors or sources of data.

Letter of Intent Due Date: May 3, 2015
Application Due Date: June 3, 2015, by 5:00 PM.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CA-15-006.html

b. NSF CAREER Awards

The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious awards in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations. Such activities should build a firm foundation for a lifetime of leadership in integrating education and research. NSF encourages submission of CAREER proposals from junior faculty members at all CAREER-eligible organizations and especially encourages women, members of underrepresented minority groups, and persons with disabilities to apply. Deadlines July 21 and 22, 2015, depending on the field/program.

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2015/nsf15555/nsf15555.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click

c. W.K. Kellogg Foundation Community Engagement Scholarship Awards and the C. Peter Magrath Community Engagement Scholarship Award.

Applications due April 10th, 2015.
http://www.aplu.org/projects-and-initiatives/economic-development-and-community-engagement/community-university-engagement-awards/

d. Schalkenbach (Robert) Foundation.

The Foundation seeks to support projects that advocate ideas and programs compatible with Henry George’s philosophy of economic justice. George’s central thesis was that policies should avoid the perpetuation of unearned privilege, particularly those forms that allow economic rent, or socially-produced surplus, to be privatized. Henry George believed economic rent should be used for public purposes. Economic rent is a technical concept, distinct from contract rent, such as what tenants pay to landlords for housing.

Continuous Submission (no due dates)
Funding priorities: http://schalkenbach.org/application-for-funding/our-philosophy/
How to apply: http://schalkenbach.org/application-for-funding/how-to-apply-for-funding/

e. National Endowment for Financial Education.

The NEFE grants program seeks innovative research that can make a profound contribution to the field of financial literacy. Inquiries are encouraged from disciplines in fields as diverse as: behavior, economics, neuroscience, sociology, psychology, marketing, finance, education, change theory, and decision sciences and others.

Sponsor Website: http://www.nefe.org/what-we-provide/research-funding.aspx
Program URL: http://www.nefe.org/what-we-provide/research-funding/grant-guidelines.aspx
Deadline Dates: Dec2, 2014, Jun 2, 2015

f. Henry Luce Foundation, Asia Responsive Grants

Asia Responsive Grants provide opportunities to improve understanding between the United States and the Asia-Pacific region. These grants typically support research, create new scholarly and public resources, or promote the exchange of ideas and information between Americans and Asians. Asia Responsive Grants are limited to work in the humanities and social sciences concerned with Northeast and Southeast Asia, typically for longer-term programs or projects that respond to the needs and priorities of the Asian studies field and benefit a wide range of scholars and institutions.

Letters of inquiry can be submitted at any time.
Website: http://www.hluce.org/asiarespongrant.aspx
Program URL: http://www.hluce.org/genguidelines.aspx

g. American Jewish Historical Society, Sid and Ruth Lapidus Fellowship

The Sid and Ruth Lapidus Fellowship supports one or more researcher(s) wishing to use the collections of the American Jewish Historical Society.

The Sid and Ruth Lapidus Fellowship supports one or more researcher(s) wishing to use the collections of the American Jewish Historical Society. Preference is given to researchers interested in 17th and 18th century American Jewish history. At the discretion of the awards committee, the fellowship funds may also be applied to subsidizing publication of a first book in the field of American Jewish history, again with preference given to works in early American Jewish history.

Deadline Date: 24-Apr-2015
Website: http://www.ajhs.org/
Program URL: http://www.ajhs.org/academic-awards

h. Brown (Arch and Bruce) Foundation, Playwriting Competition Grants and Production Grants

The Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation holds yearly playwriting competitions for works that concern LGBT (lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender) life and that are based on, or inspired by, a historical person, culture, event or work of art. The competition is for full-length dramas, comedies, musicals, or screenplays concerning LGBT life, and based on, or directly inspired by, a historical person, culture, work of art, or event.

Deadline Date: 31-May-2015
Website: http://aabbfoundation.org/
Playwriting Competition Program URL: http://aabbfoundation.org/comp-guidelines
Production Grants Program URL: http://aabbfoundation.org/wp/grant-guidelines

i. Department of Education, Office of Special Education & Rehabilitative Services, Rehabilitation Short-Term Training Program

The Rehabilitation Short-Term Training Program supports special seminars, institutes, workshops, and other short-term courses in technical matters relating to vocational, medical, social, and psychological rehabilitation programs; independent living service programs; and client assistance programs (CAPs).

Deadline Date: 23-Apr-2015
Website: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-03-09/pdf/2015-05432.pdf
Program URL: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=275009

j. DHHS, Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Head Start Graduate Student Research Grants

Funds are provided for Head Start Graduate Student Research Grants to support rigorous dissertation research by advanced doctoral students who are working in partnership with Head Start or Early Head Start programs and faculty mentors.

Deadline Date: 10-Apr-2015
Website: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=253868
Program URL: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/view/HHS-2014-ACF-OPRE-YR-0785

k. American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation

New Investigators Research Grant. New scientists earning their latest degree in communication sciences within the last 5 years are eligible to compete for grants to pursue research in audiology or speech-language pathology.
Program URL: http://www.ashfoundation.org/grants/research_grants/

New Century Scholars Research Grant. The American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation (ASHFoundation) invites investigators to submit proposals in competition for up to four research grants. This grant initiative is designed to advance the knowledge base in communication sciences and disorders.
Program URL: http://www.ashfoundation.org/grants/New-Century-Scholars-Research-Grant/

Deadline Date: 24-Apr-2015
Website: http://www.ashfoundation.org/grants/default.htm

l. Department of State, Preparing for International Careers through Humanities Studies

The U.S. Consulate General Public Affairs Section in Hyderabad, India is soliciting proposals for a grant to develop and implement public diplomacy programs.

Humanities help students and working professionals explore, understand, and change their world. Those who are capable of doing so are uniquely competitive for international careers. U.S. Consulate Hyderabad is thus offering funds to academic and research institutions physically located in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, and Telangana, or to U.S. academic and research institutions seeking to form non-profit linkages with academic and research institutions in the three aforementioned Indian states.

Proposals may include, but are not limited to, seminars/workshops on journal and research grant writing, academic public speaking, curriculum revision, journal publication, links with educational institutions or research institutions in the United States, and/or other academic or research collaboration between local and U.S. international scholars, journalists, and policy makers. Proposals may also include requests for library resources and/or teaching materials, but such proposals must include a specific activity to be sponsored by the candidate institution that will amplify the use of the Consulate-funded resource.

Proposals must pertain to one or more of the following academic subjects: political science, political theory, political psychology, strategic studies, security studies, international relations, conflict mitigation/resolution
comparative religious studies, gender studies, regional studies, economics, history, linguistics, cultural anthropology, sociology, andmulticultural or comparative art, music, literature, or dance.

Deadline Date: 24-Apr-2015
E-Mail: HYDGrantApplications@state.gov
Website: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=273008

m. Department of Transportation, Automated License Plate Readers for Traffic Safety Purposes.

The purpose of this contract is to conduct preliminary qualitative research on the feasibility of using Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) as countermeasures to improve traffic safety. While ALPRs are deployed for a variety of purposes (e.g., homeland security, locating and recovering stolen vehicles, etc.), the purpose of this study is to focus on the use of ALPRs for traffic safety purposes. Within traffic safety, the emphasis will be on license offenses, includingrevoked, suspended, or restricted licenses. However, the study should reveal whether ALPRs are being used for any other type of traffic safety function, e.g., speed enforcement. The research shall examine the full range of issues associated with the implementation and use of ALPRs for traffic safety purposes.

Deadline Date: 21-May-2015
Program URL: https://www.fbo.gov/notices/6b0d0cef8422f8f8adb0de31f91e87f9

n. HRSA Health Careers Opportunity Program

This program supports national efforts to diversify the health care workforce by funding projects to expand and support opportunities for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. The purpose of this grant program is to: 1) promote the recruitment of qualified students and adult learners, including veterans from disadvantaged backgrounds into health or allied health professions programs; 2) improve retention rates by implementing tailored enrichment programs designed to address the academic and social needs of trainees from disadvantaged backgrounds ; 3) improve matriculation and graduation rates; and 4) provide opportunities for community-based health professions training, emphasizing experiences in underserved communities.

Deadline Date: 15-May-2015
Website: http://www.grants.gov/view-opportunity.html?oppId=275220

o. NSF: Decision, Risk and Management Sciences

The Decision, Risk and Management Sciences program supports scientific research directed at increasing the understanding and effectiveness of decision making by individuals, groups, organizations, and society. Disciplinary and interdisciplinary research, doctoral dissertation research improvement grants (ddrigs), and workshops are funded in the areas of judgment and decision making; decision analysis and decision aids; risk analysis, perception, and communication; societal and public policy decision making; management science and organizational design.

Deadline Date: 18-Aug-2015
Website: http://www.grants.gov/view-opportunity.html?oppId=275142
Program URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5423

p. AHRQ Small Research Grant Program (R03)

This FOA encourages Small Research Grant (R03) applications, and expresses AHRQ priority areas of interest for ongoing small research projects. The R03 grant mechanism supports different types of health services research projects including pilot and feasibility studies; secondary analysis of existing data; small, self-contained research projects; development of research methodology; and development of new research technology.

AHRQ’s specific priority areas of focus are:
Improve health care quality by accelerating implementation of Patient Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR)
Make health care safer
Increase accessibility by evaluating expansions of insurance coverage
Improve health care affordability, efficiency and cost transparency
Deadline Date: 16-Jun-2015
Program URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-15-147.html